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UV blocking for improved transmission glasses
15 Nov 22
Embodiments are directed to glass articles which are resistant to UV photodarkening, the glass articles having a thickness ≤1.3 mm and comprise UV absorbers such as Ti, V, Mn, Fe, Cu, Ce, Ge, Mo, Cr, Co and Ni, and combinations thereof, or alternatively comprising ZnO or SnO2.
Dana Craig Bookbinder, Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Matthew John Dejneka, Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Ronald Leroy Stewart
Filed: 13 Nov 19
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Coating tape
15 Nov 22
A process for manufacturing continuous ceramic tape includes steps of heating a ceramic feedstock to a molten state and spraying molten droplets of the feedstock onto a deposition surface.
William Joseph Bouton
Filed: 4 Apr 19
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Optical fiber draw furnace system and method
15 Nov 22
An optical fiber draw system and method of operating thereof.
Tammy Michelle Hoffmann, John Michael Jewell, Nikolaos Pantelis Kladias
Filed: 22 Jan 21
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Optical fiber with nitrogen and chlorine co-doped core
15 Nov 22
An optical fiber can include a core comprising silica co-doped with nitrogen and chlorine and an outer cladding surrounding the core.
Richard Michael Fiacco, Kenneth Edward Hrdina, Ming-Jun Li, Jeffery Scott Stone, Haitao Zhang
Filed: 21 Apr 21
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Anti-reflection optical coatings having reduced thickness on curved or faceted portion
15 Nov 22
A coated article with a substrate having a major surface that comprises a first portion and a second portion that is curved or faceted; and an optical coating on the major surface that forms an anti-reflective surface.
Shandon Dee Hart, Karl William Koch, III, Carlo Anthony Kosik Williams, Lin Lin, Thien An Thi Nguyen, Charles Andrew Paulson, James Joseph Price
Filed: 26 Mar 20
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Apparatus and methods for cold-shaping glass sheets
8 Nov 22
An apparatus for cold-shaping a glass sheet that includes: a plurality of vacuum chucks configured within a moveable table; a first automated pick mechanism proximate the table; an automated dispensing mechanism proximate the table; and a pressing apparatus.
Ki Nam Kim, Peter Knowles, Christopher Lee Timmons
Filed: 31 Mar 21
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Cold formed laminates
8 Nov 22
The principles and embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to complexly curved laminates made from a complexly curved substrate and a flat substrate, such as automotive window glazings, and methods of cold forming complexly-curved glass products from a curved substrate and a flat substrate.
William Keith Fisher, Mark Stephen Friske, Steven Luther Moyer, Paul George Rickerl
Filed: 24 Jan 22
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Melters for glass forming apparatuses
8 Nov 22
In embodiments, a melter for melting glass may include an inlet wall, an outlet wall opposite the inlet wall, and sidewalls extending from the inlet wall to the outlet wall.
Gilbert De Angelis, Megan Aurora DeLamielleure, Kevin Scott Riegel
Filed: 27 Jun 18
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Ion exchanged glasses via non-error function compressive stress profiles
8 Nov 22
Glasses with compressive stress profiles that allow higher surface compression and deeper depth of layer (DOL) than is allowable in glasses with stress profiles that follow the complementary error function at a given level of stored tension.
Dana Craig Bookbinder, Richard Michael Fiacco, Timothy Michael Gross, Stephan Lvovich Logunov
Filed: 3 Jul 17
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Colored glasses with improved tempering capabilities
8 Nov 22
The disclosure relates to highly temperable colored glass compositions.
Timothy James Kiczenski, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Michelle Diane Pierson-Stull, Jingshi Wu
Filed: 30 Nov 18
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Fiber optic connectors having a ferrule insertion stop
1 Nov 22
A ferrule-based fiber optic connectors having a connector assembly with a ferrule insertion stop for limiting the insertion of a ferrule into a ferrule sleeve are disclosed.
Micah Colen Isenhour, Thomas Theuerkorn
Filed: 30 Aug 18
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Methods for manufacturing glass articles
1 Nov 22
Methods of producing a glass article include melting a first glass composition and feeding a second glass composition into the melter.
Indrajit Dutta, Jean Marc Galea, Melinda Ann Hourihan, Lisa Ann Lamberson, Robert Michael Morena, Jian-Zhi Jay Zhang
Filed: 16 Aug 19
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Glasses with improved tempering capabilities
1 Nov 22
The disclosure relates to glass compositions having improved thermal tempering capabilities.
Timothy Michael Gross, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Jingshi Wu
Filed: 24 Aug 18
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Dual-elevation edge roll system for fused downdraw glass forming
1 Nov 22
Various improvements for dual-elevation edge roll system used in fused downdraw glass forming process are disclosed.
James Gary Anderson, Olus Naili Boratav, Gaozhu Peng, Adam Scott Regula, Alexander Lamar Robinson
Filed: 22 Jan 20
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Textured glass articles and methods of making the same
1 Nov 22
A method is described herein of making a textured glass article where the method includes: providing a glass substrate having an initial primary surface and an opposing primary surface; disposing a protective coating on at least one of the initial primary surface or the opposing primary surface; and etching the glass substrate with a hydrofluoric acid-free etchant having a pH of about 7 or less to form a leached layer in the glass substrate.
Gilbert Alexander Castillo, Melanie Lian Geiger, Yuhui Jin, Aize Li, Ying Zhang
Filed: 25 Jun 20
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Phosphate glasses with high refractive index and low density
1 Nov 22
Glass compositions include niobia (Nb2O5), phosphorus oxide (P2O5) and titania (TiO2) as essential components and may optionally include calcium oxide (CaO), potassium oxide (K2O), barium oxide (BaO), sodium oxide (Na2O), lithium oxide (Li2O), magnesia (MgO), zinc oxide (ZnO) and other components.
Bruce Gardiner Aitken, Jian Luo, Lina Ma, Alexander I Priven
Filed: 14 Jan 22
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Glasses having high fracture toughness
1 Nov 22
A glass composition includes: 50 mol % to 69 mol % SiO2; 12.5 mol % to 25 mol % Al2O3; 0 mol % to 8 mol % B2O3; greater than 0 mol % to 4 mol % CaO; greater than 0 mol % to 17.5 mol % MgO; 0.5 mol % to 8 mol % Na2O; 0 mol % to 2.5 mol % La2O3; and greater than 8 mol % to 18 mol % Li2O, wherein (Li2O+Na2O+MgO)/Al2O3 is from 0.9 to less than 1.3; and Al2O3+MgO+Li2O+ZrO2+La2O3+Y2O3 is from greater than 23 mol % to less than 50 mol %.
Xiaoju Guo, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Jian Luo
Filed: 29 Mar 19
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Ceramic and polymer composite, methods of making, and uses thereof
1 Nov 22
A ceramic and polymer composite including: a first continuous phase comprising a sintered porous ceramic having a solid volume of from 50 to 85 vol % and a porosity or a porous void space of from 50 to 15 vol %, based on the total volume of the composite; and a second continuous polymer phase situated in the porous void space of the sintered porous ceramic.
Weiguo Miao, Manuela Ocampo, Michael Lesley Sorensen, James William Zimmermann
Filed: 6 Jan 20
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Apparatus for supporting debonding and debonding method using the same
25 Oct 22
An apparatus for supporting a process of debonding a carrier glass sheet and an ultrathin glass sheet.
Bokyung Kong, JooYoung Lee
Filed: 1 Oct 19
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Calcium-containing high-index phosphate glasses
25 Oct 22
Glass compositions include phosphorus oxide (P2O5), niobia (Nb2O5), titania (TiO2), potassium oxide (K2O) and calcium oxide (CaO) as essential components and may optionally include barium oxide (BaO), sodium oxide (Na2O), lithium oxide (Li2O), tungsten oxide (WO3), bismuth oxide (Bi2O3), tantalum oxide (Ta2O5), silica (SiO2) and other components.
Bruce Gardiner Aitken, Jian Luo, Lina Ma, Alexander I Priven
Filed: 14 Jan 22